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Iron Mountain

Occurrence in Trinity county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034203
MRDS ID M020928
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mountain
Related records 10117347

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.48168, 40.35068 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES SE. OF COPPER QUEEN, NEAR HEAD OF VAN DUZEN CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruth Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Eel(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 001S 006E 27 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 : COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 146

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 350 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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